Analysing Muslim Traditions: Studies in Legal, Exegetical and Maghazi Hadith

Preface
Chapter One. The Jurisprudence of Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī. A Source-Critical Study (Harald Motzki)
	I. The Problem
	II. Maʿmar as a Source for Zuhrī ’s Teaching
	III. Ibn Jurayj as a Source for Zuhrī ’s Teaching
	IV. Mālik as a Source for Zuhrī ’s Teaching
	V. The Three Sources Compared
	VI. A Prophetic Ḥadīth by Zuhrī
	VII. Conclusions
Chapter Two. Whither Ḥadīth Studies? (Harald Motzki)
	I. Introduction: Juynboll on Nāfiʿ, the Mawlā of Ibn \'Umar
	II. Chain Analysis: Method and Concept
		The Common Link and its Single Strand
		Partial Common Links and Single Strands
	III. On Nāfi’s Alleged Role in the Transmission of Traditions
		Was Nāfi‘ a Historical Figure?
		Juynboll ’s Isnād Analysis of a Tradition of Nāfi‘ from Ibn \'Umar
	IV. Investigating the Mutūn of the Zakāt al-Fiṭr Tradition
		Malik ibn Anas
		Mūsā ibn ʿUqba
		Ubayd Allāh ibn Umar
		Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī
		Layth ibn Sa\'d
		Ayyūb ibn Mūsā
		Ibn Abī Laylā
		\'Abd Allāh ibn \'Umar
		Al-Ḍaḥḥāk
		\'Umar ibn Nāfi\'
		Ibn Abī Rawwād
		The Results of the Textual Analysis of the Transmission Process
	V. Summary and Conclusions
Chapter Three. The Prophet and the Debtors. A Ḥadīth Analysis under Scrutiny (Harald Motzki)
	I. Sale of Children and Debt-Servitude. Studies on the Early Period of the Islamic Law
		The Methods of Ḥadīth Analysis
	II. Debt-Slavery in Early Islamic Jurisprudence
		Schneider ’s Analysis of the Surraq Ḥadīth
		The Transmission History of the Surraq-Ḥadīth
			Zanjī
			\'Abd al-Samad
			Interim Results and the Version of Zayd\'s Sons
			Ibn Lahī\'a
			The Tradition P11 by Bayhaqī
			Interim Review
			The Issue of Origin
		The Issue of Surraq\'s Historicity
		A Further Surraq -Ḥadīth
		The Ḥadīth P23 about the Sale of a Free Person
		The Pre-Islamic Law of Obligations in the Ḥijāz
		The Prophet\'s Approach to Personal Execution
		\"Surraq Once More\"
	III. Debt-Servitude in Early Islamic Jurisprudence
	IV. Summary and Results
Chapter Four. Al-Radd ʿAlā l-Radd: Concerning the Method of Ḥadīth Analysis (Harald Motzki)
	I. Motzki\'s Isnād-cum-Matn Analysis
	II. Motzki\'s Text Analysis
		Schneider\'s Excursus
	III. The Authenticity of the Lower Part of the Isnād or of the Whole Story
	IV. The Common Source
	V. Was Surraq a Historical Personality?
		Schneider\'s Interim Results
	VI. Narrativity and Authenticity: The Story of the Wise Prophet
Chapter Five. The Origins of Muslim Exegesis. A Debate (Harald Motzki)
	I. The Problem
	II. Preliminary Notes
	III. The Exegetical Traditions of Qur\'ān 15:90–91
		The Traditions of Group One
		The Traditions of Group Two
		The Traditions of Group Three
		The Traditions of Group Four
		The Traditions of Group Five
			The \' Ikrima and Qatäda Traditions
				Qatāda
				\'Ikrima
			Ibn Isḥāq\'s Tradition
		The Traditions of Group Six
		Conclusions
	I V. Early Commentaries
		Muqātil
		Abū \'Ubayda , al-Farrā\', al-Akhfash al-Awsaṭ
		Muḥammad al-Kalbī
		Zayd ibn \'Alī
	V. Wansbrough\'s View on the Development of Early Exegesis – An Alternative?
		The Epistemological Issue
		The Asānīd
		Dating
	V I. Summary
	VII. Appendix
Chapter Six. The Raid of the Hudhayl: Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī ’s Version of the Event (Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort)
	I. Introduction
	II. Isnād Analysis
		Ibrāhīm ibn Ismā\'īl
		Ibrāhīm ibn Sa\'d
		Ma\'mar ibn Rāshid
		Shu\'ayb ibn Abī Ḥamza
		Conclusion Isnād Analysis
	III. Matn Analysis per Student of al-Zuhrī
		Ibrāhīm ibn Ismā\'īl
		Ibrāhīm ibn Sa\'d
		Ma\'mar ibn Rāshid
		Shu\'ayb ibn Abī Ḥamza
	IV. Matn Analysis between Students of al-Zuhrī
		Resemblance of the Traditions
		Differences between the Traditions
		Conclusion
	V. Comparison of the Zuhrī-Traditions to Other Versions
		Comparison with Ibn Isḥāq\'s Version
		Conclusion
		Comparison with the Versions of Ibn Sa\'d and Mūsā ibn \'Uqba
	VI. Conclusion
Chapter Seven. Crime and Punishment in Early Medina: The Origins of a Maghāzī-Tradition (Sean W. Anthony)
	Introduction
		I. Isnād Analysis
			The Anas ibn Mālik Tradition
				The Abū Qilāba Cluster
				The Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl Cluster
				The Qatāda Cluster
				Remaining Traditions
			The \'Urwa/\'Ā\'isha and Ibn \'Umar Traditions
		II. Matn Analysis
			The Anas ibn Mālik Tradition
				The Abū Qilāba Traditions
				The Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl Traditions
				The Qatāda Traditions
				Unique Traditions from Anas
			\'Urwa/\'Ā\'isha and Ibn \'Umar Traditions
		III. The Formation of the Sīra- and Maghāzī-Tradition
		IV. Summary and Conclusions
Bibliography
Index